Wall cabinet apparatus and method



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July 28, 1964 M. L. KERRIHARD WALL CABINET APPARATUS AND METHOD 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 llll li i INVENTOR. Maxwell l. yfernfizzrd BY p a- I A. a w 1 6 1. m J y a a. 8 A E w. M; w A. h fi AIM. w w A M 2 4 United States Patent O M 3,142,523 WALL CABINET APPARATUS AND METHOD Maxwell L. Kerrihard, 1620 Grove Ave., Highland Park, Ill. Filed May 7, 1962, Ser. No. 192,776 Claims. (Cl. 312-245) The present invention relates to a wall cabinet appara tus, as for example a kitchen cabinet, and a method of erection of the same.

More and more householders are endeavoring to per sonally perform improvements and betterments on their property. Invariably, they do not have the experience and skills to enable them to do the job quickly and easily and to achieve a workman-like result. As a consequence there is a demand and a market for home improvement supplies and apparatus which will facilitate their use and installation by such inexperienced and unskilled individuals.

With respect to wall cabinets, and kitchen cabinets are referred to herein by way of illustration, the individual desiring to do the job himself generally has a selection of two items. One is the finished cabinet that is ready to be hung on the wall. The other is the cabinet sometimes referred to as a knocked down cabinet which comprises a number of performed elements which require assemblage before they are ready to be hung. While these latter types may be obtained in various stages of completion, they all require a final fitting and assembly by the pur chaser.

These two major types have a common disadvantage. The unit is first completed (if not purchased in finished form) and thereafter is hung on the wall. The operation of hanging the cabinet on the wall can be most frustrating to a novice. Even though the cabinet is not so heavy that it cannot be lifted, its weight is sufficient to present a problem of holding it in place while the actual aflixation to the wall is carried out. In some instances provision is made for special hanging devices which first are attached to the wall. Thereafter the cabinet is engaged with the hangers to hold the cabinet in place, either permanently or while further aifixation takes place. These obviously increase the cost. The individual still is required to lift the entire cabinet into place and engage it with the hangers, a job that often is not easily performed alone.

Without the use of special hangers it is nearly impossible for an individual to hang a cabinet by himself. He requires the aid of at least one, if not two, other individuals to hold the cabinet in place while he fastens it up. Furthermore, with a bulky unit of some Weight, the individual encounters the problem of supporting it in the proper position, level, etc., while it is being hung.

For the average individual, a knocked down cabinet has the desirable feature of being less expensive than the finished cabinet. However, many individuals who have purchased units that required assembly, have been bafiied and frustrated when endeavoring to complete the unit. They do not comprehend Where the parts go or what are the proper procedures for securing them together. The drawings and instructions supplied often are of little help. The individual is not trained in reading drawings and finds the description difiicult to comprehend.

I have devised a wall cabinet structure to meet the needs of these people seeking to do the job themselves. One of the important advantages is that the cabinets are not pre-assernbled before hanging, but the hanging and assembly operations are carried out concurrently. Thus no heavy, bulky units must be held in the air while affixation to the wall is carried out. Since the units are not assembled by the manufacturer they can be made and sold at a price competitive with the present knocked down units. The structure is such that it is almost self- 3,142,523 Patented July 28., 1964 evident as to how it goes together. In most instances even the novice will hardly have to look at any drawings or read any instructions to ascertain Where the parts go or how they are attached to each other. The parts are readily interconnected with screws or bolts. Gluing, which the amateur has difficulty in performing properly, is not required. The mounting connections may be sufli ciently pre-assembled, pre-located, and/ or both to enable the purchaser to achieve proper alignment of parts without any difficulty whatsoever.

One of the factors that greatly contributes to the overall result of simplicity for the novice is the door mounting and operating structure I have devised. When hinges are used, the proper mounting of the doors often proves to be a problem for the amateur. Proper alignment and positioning of the parts to achieve a satisfactory operating set of doors which have a workman-like appearance has proven to be a stumbling block. I have devised a sliding door structure which requires nothing more than slipping the doors in the tracks once the cabinet itself is assembled.

The door structure I have devised has several advantages over conventional sliding doors. Of principal importance is cost. There are no track units which must be installed and aligned by the purchaser. The top and bottom of the cabinet are formed so as to define the tracks. When the top and bottom of the cabinet have been secured in place, the tracks necessarily are in place and in the required alignment.

A further important feature is appearance. In the conventional sliding door structure, two tracks in juxtaposition are employed with each door traveling in a separate track. This of course is done to permit them to by-pass each other when the doors are moved from the closed to the open position, and vice versa. The result is that the doors are not aligned with each other but one is set back from the other. The fact that they are not in alignment detracts from the appearance. Many householders object to such a structure for just this reason. Embodiments of my invention use but a single track. The natural movements performed by an individual in openingor closing the doors will result in the doors by-passing eachother when one is opened, or in the doors coming into alignment in a single plane when the open door is moved to the closed position.

Further objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view illustrating the assembly-of the back of the cabinet on a Wall;

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged partial section as viewed at line 22 of FIGURE 1, illustrating a portion of the end of the cabinet assembled to the back;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of a portion of the back with an end assembled thereon;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view of the bottom of the cabinet;

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the underside of the top of the cabinet;

FIGURE 6 is an elevational view of one of the doors;

FIGURE 7 is a horizontal section through an assembled cabinet;

FIGURE 8 is a horizontal section through the cabinet at the top of the doors and illustrating the movement of a door as it is opened;

FIGURE 9 is a view corresponding to FIGURE 8 with the door fully opened;

FIGURE 10 is a view corresponding to FIGURE 8 but illustrating the movement of the door as it is closed;

FIGURE 11 is a section through the cabinet as viewed at line 11-11 of FIGURE 7;

FIGURE 12 is a partial section through the cabinet as indicated at line 12-12 of FIGURE 7.

3 INTENT Although the following disclosure offered for public dissemination is detailed to ensure adequacy and aid understanding, this is not intended to prejudice that purpose of a patent which is to cover each new inventive concept therein no matter how others may later disguise it by variations in form or additions or further improvements. The claims at the end hereof are intended as a chief aid toward this purpose; as it is these that meet the requirement of pointing out the parts, improvements, or combinations in which the inventive concepts are found.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION The shell of the cabinets of my invention comprise four pieces: a back generally 15, two ends generally 16 and 17, a top generally 18 and a bottom generally 19. In the illustrated embodiment the opening in the front of the shell is closed by two doors generally 20 and 21.

The back is best illustrated in FIGURE 1. It comprises a panel 24 held between a top rail 25 and a bottom rail 26. The various rails form supports for the top and bottom as will hereinafter be apparent. Top rail 25 has a groove or rabbet 27 along the rear bottom edge. Bottom rail 26 has a similar groove 28 along the top rear edge. Panel 24 fits within grooves 27 and 28 and normally is held in place by the affiXation of the rails 25 and 26 to the wall 29.

As best seen in FIGURES 3 and 7, end 16 comprises an end panel 31, a top rail 32, a bottom rail 33 and a door stop 34. It will be noted that top rail 32 is below the top 35 of end panel 31. Also the back ends 36 and 37 of rails 32 and 33 respectively terminate forwardly of the back edge 38 of panel 35.

Similarly end 17 includes a side panel 40 having a back edge 41. A top rail 42 has a back end 43 (FIGURE 2). A bottom rail 44 has a back end 45 (FIGURE 7). End 17 also includes a door stop 46.

Top 18 comprises a panel 48 and a molding 49 which defines a facing 50. A longitudinal bar 51 is affixed to panel 48 by supports 52. Molding 49 and bar 51 (in conjunction with facing 50) define a groove or top track 53 rearwardly of facing 50 and parallel thereto.

Bottom 19 includes a panel 55 having a molding 56 secured thereto. Molding 56 defines a facing 57. Panel 55 and molding 57 define a groove or track 58 along the top of the bottom 19 and rearwardly of facing 57. A plastic strip 59 lines the bottom of track 58. At its ends plastic strip 59 may be secured to panel 55 as by means of an adhesive. However, the center portion of strip 59 is free and is supported on an adjusting screw 60.

As seen in FIGURE 6 door has an inner end 62 and an outer end 63. A handle 64 is afiixed to door 20 adjacent outer end 63. At spaced distance along the bottom 65 are metal or plastic support buttons 66 and 67. A recess 68 is provided in top 69 adjacent ends 63. A similar recess is found in bottom 65 adjacent end 63. Similarly door 21 has a top 73 with a recess 74 therein. It has a bottom 75 with a recess 76. A handle 77 is affixed to the door adjacent outer end 78. Door 21 has an inner end 79. Buttons 80 and 81 are afiixed to the bottom of door 21.

ERECTION When supplied in kit form rails 32 and 33 and stop 34 will be affixed to end panel 31-usually by an adhesive. Similarly rails 42 and 44 and stop 46 are secured to panel 40. The objects of my invention are best achieved if rails and 26 are not pre-secured to panel 24, although some of the features of my invention can be utilized even though these parts are attached together by the manufacturer. Moldings 49 and 56 are attached to panels 48 and 55 as by means of an adhesive. The doors are assembled in the manner illustrated in FIGURE 6. In some instances the handles will not be attached but only mounting holes for the handles will have been drilled.

Four angle irons 84-87 are employed. Each of these are attached to one of the back rails 25 or 26 as by means of bolts 88. The holes for bolts 88 will have been predrilled. While bolts 88 are shown with a flat head, in some instances it may be desirable to use bolts of a type in which the heads are angular so as not to rotate in the rails, with provision so that the heads do not project rearwardly of the rails. Screws 89 are provided to connect the angle iron to the rails of the ends 16 and 17. Screw holes will have been pre-drilled in these rails for the proper alignment of the angle irons.

Referring to FIGURE 1 the first step of assembly is to indicate on wall 29 the proper position for bottom rail 26 of back 15. This is most easily performed by drawing a horizontal line 92 on wall 29 at the desired level for the bottom of the cabinet. After inserting bolts 88 in their holes, rail 26 is secured to wall 29 as by means of screws 92. As illustrated in FIGURE 2 preferably screws 92 are positioned to enter studs 93 of wall 29. The holes in rails 25 and 26 for screws 92 may be drilled at the time of erection. If they are pre-drilled, it will be best to provide a plurality of pairs of holes on eighteen inch centers.

Before tightening screws 92 of rail 26 to the fullest extent, panel 24 is slipped into rabbet 28 where it is supported by rail 26. Rail 26 then is fully tightened in place. After inserting bolts 88 into rail 25, it is slipped over the top of panel 24 and affixed in position by screws 92 secured to wall 29.

Holes for screws 89 which hold angle irons 84-87 to ends 16 and 17 are pre-drilled in rails 32, 33, 42, and 44. As a first step in erecting ends 16 and 17 the angle brackets are attached to the ends by screws 89 secured in the pre-drilled holes. The ends then are taken one at a time and held in place with the bolts 88 projecting through the respective holes in the angle brackets, thus already connected to the ends. While each end is so held, nuts are threaded onto bolts 88 and tightened in place. Because of the relatively small size and weight of the ends a person easily can hold an end panel in place with one hand while the nuts are fastened with the other.

After the back and the two ends have been assembled, the top and bottom are slipped in place. Top 18 is lowered down onto rails 25, 32, and 42. It of course fits between the end panels 31 and 40. Screws then are inserted through the openings 95 in panel 48 and secured to the respective top rails. Bottom 19 is slid in from the front over the tops of rails 26, 33 and 44. The bottoms of door stops 34 and 46 are sufiiciently high so as to permit the bottom 19 to be slipped into place from the front. Again screws are inserted through openings 96 in bottom panel 55 and secured in the respective bottom rails.

The cabinet shell now is completely assembled and all that remains is to insert the doors. If plastic strip 59 has not previously been inserted into track 58, it now is put in place. Thereafter, each of the doors is grasped individually. The top of the door first is inserted up into track 53. With the top of the door raised approximately up to the top of track 53, the bottom of the door will slip over facing 57 and into track 58. The door now may be lowered with the buttons on the bottom of the door then resting upon strip 59. The door is sufiiciently high so that when in place, the door is higher than the door opening-Le. the space between the top of facing 57 and the bottom of facing 50, see FIGURE 11.

DOOR OPERATION Assuming that the doors are in place in a common plane as illustrated in FIGURE 7 and one wishes to open door 21, he would grasp handle 77 and pull the door handle outwardly as illustrated in FIGURE 8. A pivotal movement of the door is permitted by reason of the fact that recess 76 in the bottom 75 of the door is slightly higher than the top of bottom facing 57 (see FIGURE 12). Where the recess terminates, there is a vertical edge that will contact the inside of facing 57 and act as a pivotal axis for the movement of the door to the FIG- URE 8 position. The door will stop at the FIGURE 8 position by reason of the back left corner of the door contacting the rear side of track 58. Door handle 77 now is moved to the left with door 21 sliding in track 58 behind door 20. The width of each of the two tracks 53 and 58 is slightly wider than the combined thicknesses of the doors.

To return the door to the closed position from the open position handle 77 is pulled to the left as illustrated in FIGURE 9. As the door approaches the end of its travel, as defined by stop 34, the handle is pulled outwardly so that the door ends in front of stop 34 as illustrated in FIGURE 10. From the FIGURE position, further pressure on door handle '77 urging it to the left, pivots the door about a pivotal axis defined by the back edge of the door contacting the front edge of stop 34. Inner end 79 of the door will pivot forwardly to return the door to the position illustrated in FIGURE 7. Door is similarly opened, but with reversed movements. For example, referring to FIGURE 7 handle 64 first is pulled outwardly and then to the right to open door 20 behind door 21.

The closing of the doors is facilitated by the bottom of the track sloping downwardly and forwardly adjacent the center thereof as illustrated in FIGURE 11. Referring again to FIGURE 10 illustrating the closing movement of the door, button 80 of the door will be sliding downhill as the door is moved to the closed position. This not only facilitates the closing of the door but aids in ensuring that the doors remain closed. A too steep slope will impair the ease of opening the doors. To achieve the proper slope, screw 60 is adjusted after the doors have been installed. It should be raised just sufliciently so that the door closes smoothly but does not bind when the door is opened. If binding is encountered, screw 60 may be lowered to cause the door to move more freely.

Even with no experience in performing the described movements to open the doors, it will be found that the required movements are natural and easy. The pivotal movement illustrated in FIGURE 8 is a natural movement in opening a door and when it is completed the door 21 slides freely past door 20. Similarly upon closing, just a slight pressure on handle 77 after the door 21 has returned to the FIGURE 10 position serves to close the door into alignment with the other. After operating the doors a few times one performs the opening and closing operation in a single smooth movement.

The appearance of the front of the cabinet with the doors closed is most pleasing. Other than the handles, no hardware is seen. The front of the cabinet presents a smooth clean appearance with the two doors in line and their tops and bottoms substantially concealed by facings and 57.

I claim:

1. A wall cabinet kit for assembly and erection by relatively inexperienced individuals, said cabinet kit including: a back member comprising a back panel, a separate top rail forming a top support and having a groove in the lower rear side to receive the top of the back panel, and a bottom rail forming a bottom support and having a groove in the upper rear side to receive the back panel; a right end and a left end, each end having a top support on the inner side below the top of the side and a bottom support along the inner side adjacent the bottom thereof and parallel to the top support, all of said top and bottom supports being spaced the same vertical distance apart, said supports on the ends being spaced from the front and back of the ends; top and bottom members, each of the latter members being substantially the same length as the back member, the top member having a front to back distance substantially equal to the front to back distance of the ends, the bottom member having a front to back distance substantially equal to the front to back distance of the ends less the thickness of the back member, said top and bottom members having facings along the front edge thereof; means to interconnect the parts; and door means for the front; whereby said back may be affixed to said wall, by first affixing the bottom rail to the Wall, thereafter the back panel positioned in the groove in, and supported by, the bottom rail, and the top rail fitted over the back panel and affixed to the wall to assemble the back member and aflix it to the wall, thereafter said ends butted to each end of the back member and afiixed to the back member, said top member positioned on said top supports and affixed to the ends and back ,member, said bottom member positioned on the bottom supports and affixed to the ends and back member, thereby forming a cabinet shell with an open front, and said door means mounted on the shell closing the open front.

2. A kit as set forth in claim 1, wherein said supports comprise rails, and said means to interconnect the parts includes four angle brackets and means to secure the brackets to the rails; whereby with the back member affixed to the walls and the brackets secured to the back of the top and bottom rails on the ends, each end may be erected by supporting it in place and affixing the angle brackets at the respective end to the back member.

3. A kit as set forth in claim 2, wherein the back ends of the rails on the ends are spaced from the back edge of the ends a distance approximately equal to the rails on the back member; said means to interconnect the parts includes eight bolts with nuts to attach the angle brackets to the back member; said rails on the back member has pre-drilled holes therein for said bolts; and said rails on said ends have pre-drilled holes for attachment means to secure the angle brackets to the ends; whereby said bolts may be inserted into said holes before the back member is afiixed to said wall, and after said back member is so affixed, with said angle brackets affixed to said ends, each end may be held in place with the angle brackets over the bolts and affixed in place by tightening nuts on said bolts.

4. A kit as set forth in claim I, wherein the top member includes door track means on the underside thereof immediately inwardly of its facing and extending the length of the top member; the bottom member includes door track means on the upper side immediately inwardly of its facing and extending the length of the bottom member; and said door means comprises sliding doors receivable and slidable in said track means.

5. A kit as set forth in claim 4, wherein the track means on the top member includes a groove extending the length of the member and having a given front to back dimension; the track means on the bottom member includes a groove extending the length of the member and having said given front to back dimension; the bottom member defines a hard smooth surface at the bottom of the groove therein; and the door means have a thickness less than half said given dimension and a height substantially less than the vertical distance between the bottoms of the two grooves and greater than said vertical distance less the combined depths of the two grooves.

6. In a cabinet or the like including a top member and a bottom member defining a front opening between them the improvement comprising: the top member having means defining a groove along the underside thereof, extending the length of the opening and immediately adjacent thereto; the bottom member having means defining a groove along the top side thereof extending the length of the opening and immediately adjacent thereto, the base of said grooves being a given vertical distance apart, the means of the bottom member having a hard smooth surface at the bottom of the groove and for a short distance at each side of the center of the length of the opening said surface sloping downwardly from rear to front; and a pair of doors, one door having a handle adjacent one end thereof and the other door having a handle adjacent the other end thereof, said doors each have two spaced sliding buttons at the bottom thereof, the vertical height of the doors at the handle ends being less than the vertical distance between the bottoms of the two grooves less the combined depths of the grooves, the vertical height of the remainder of the doors having a height substantially less than said vertical distance and more than said vertical distance less the combined depths of the grooves, said doors being of a thickness less than half of the front to back dimension of the grooves, said buttons being on said remainder of the door bottoms.

7. The method of assembling a wall cabinet kit including a back member having a top support along the top thereof and a bottom support immediately above the bottom thereof and parallel to the top support, a right end and a left end, each end having a top support on the inner side below the top of the side and a bottom support along the bottom thereof and parallel to the top support, all of said top and bottom supports being spaced the same distance apart, said supports on the ends being spaced from the front and back of the ends; top and bottom members, each of the latter members being substantially the same length as the back member, the top member having a front to back distance substantially equal to the front to back distance of the ends, the bottom member having a front to back distance substantially equal to the front to back distance of the ends less the thickness of the back member, said top and bottom members having facings along the front edge thereof, means to interconnect the parts, and door means for the front, said method including the steps of: afiixing said back to said wall; sequentially butting said ends to the back and afiixing them to the back one at a time; one at a time positioning said top and bottom members on the top and bottom supports re spectively and afiixing them to the back member and ends thereby forming a cabinet shell with an open front; and mounting said door means on the shell closing the open front.

8. A wall cabinet kit for assembly and erection by relatively inexperienced individuals, said cabinet kit comprising: a back member having a top support along the top thereof and a bottom support immediately above the bottom thereof and parallel to the top support; a right end part and a left end part, said parts each having a top support on the inner side below the top of the side and a bottom support along the bottom thereof and parallel to the top support, all of said top and bottom supports being spaced the same vertical distance apart, said supports on the ends being spaced from the front and back of the ends; top and bottom members, each of the latter members being substantially the same length as the back member, the top member having a front to back distance substantially equal to the front to back distance of the parts, the bottom member having a front to back distance substantially equal to the front to back distance of the ends less the thickness of the back member, said top and bottom members having facings along the front edge thereof, said top member including door track means on the underside thereof immediately inward of its facing and extending the length of the top member, the bottom member including door track means on the upper side immediately inwardly of its facing and extending the length of the bottom member, said track means on the top member including a groove extending the length of the member and having a given front to back dimension, the track means on the bottom member including a groove extending the length of the member and having said front to back dimension, the bottom member defining a hard smooth surface at the bottom of the groove therein and sloping downwardly from back to front for a short distance either side of the center of the length of the bottom member; means to interconnect the parts; and door means for the front, said door means comprising sliding doors receivable and slidable in said track means and having a thickness less than half said given dimension and a height substantially less than the vertical distance between the bottoms of the two grooves and greater than said vertical distance less the combined depths of the two grooves, said door means comprising two doors said doors each having spaced support means at the bottom thereof, one door having a handle adjacent one end thereof and the other door having a handle adjacent the other end thereof, said doors at the handle ends have recesses in the top and bottom with the vertical dimension of the doors at the recesses being less than said vertical distance less the combined depths of the two grooves; said parts have door stops afiixed thereto with the front of the door stop being rearwardly of the plane of the front of the two grooves a distance approximately equal to the thickness of the doors; whereby said back may be affixed to said wall, said ends butted to each end of the back member and affixed to the back, said top member positioned on said top supports and afiixed to the ends and back member, said bottom member positioned on the bottom supports and affixed to the ends and back member, thereby forming a cabinet shell with an open front, and said door means mounted on the shell closing the open front.

9. A cabinet kit as set forth in claim 8, wherein said spaced support means comprises two spaced sliding buttons projecting downwardly from each door.

10. In a sliding door structure for a cabinet or the like defining a door opening with a downwardly facing way along the top thereof and an upwardly facing way along the bottom thereof, said ways defining a given vertical clearance distance therebetween, the improvement comprising: means defining the upper surface of the bottom way and providing a hard smooth surface unobstructed for the width of said way, said means for a short distance at each side of the center of the length of the opening sloping downwardly from rear to front; a pair of door members slidably positioned in said ways, one door member having a handle adjacent one end thereof and the other door member having a handle adjacent the other end thereof, each of said door members having spaced support means projecting downwardly therefrom and resting on said surface, each of said door members having a vertical height substantially less than said clearance distance and a width less than half the width of the ways; and guide members at the front and back sides of the way to confine the movement of the door members, when the members are slid parallel to the length of the ways, to said width of the Ways; said members including means to permit the handle ends of said door members to be pivoted forwardly of said ways by a forwardly pull on the respective handle when said doors are in a common plane at the front of the Way to thereby pivot the opposite end of the respective door member rearwardly to a position at which the door members will slide past each other along the way.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 903,456 Davis Nov. 10, 1908 1,620,047 Van Valkenburg Mar. 8, 1927 1,758,843 Lizotte May 13, 1930 FOREIGN PATENTS 114,476 Sweden July 10, 1945 244,615 Great Britain Dec. 24, 1925 256,671 Great Britain Aug. 9, 1926 511,889 Italy June 28, 1955 808,374 Great Britain Feb. 4, 1959 

1. A WALL CABINET KIT FOR ASSEMBLY AND ERECTION BY RELATIVELY INEXPERIENCED INDIVIDUALS, SAID CABINET KIT INCLUDING: A BACK MEMBER COMPRISING A BACK PANEL, A SEPARATE TOP RAIL FORMING A TOP SUPPORT AND HAVING A GROOVE IN THE LOWER REAR SIDE TO RECEIVE THE TOP OF THE BACK PANEL, AND A BOTTOM RAIL FORMING A BOTTOM SUPPORT AND HAVING A GROOVE IN THE UPPER REAR SIDE TO RECEIVE THE BACK PANEL; A RIGHT END AND A LEFT END, EACH END HAVING A TOP SUPPORT ON THE INNER SIDE BELOW THE TOP OF THE SIDE AND A BOTTOM SUPPORT ALONG THE INNER SIDE ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THEREOF AND PARALLEL TO THE TOP SUPPORT, ALL OF SAID TOP AND BOTTOM SUPPORTS BEING SPACED THE SAME VERTICAL DISTANCE APART, SAID SUPPORTS ON THE ENDS BEING SPACED FROM THE FRONT AND BACK OF THE END; TOP AND BOTTOM MEMBERS, EACH OF THE LATTER MEMBERS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LENGTH AS THE BACK MEMBER, THE TOP MEMBER HAVING A FRONT TO BACK DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE FRONT TO BACK DISTANCE OF THE ENDS, THE BOTTOM MEMBER HAVING A FRONT TO BACK DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE FRONT TO BACK DISTANCE OF THE ENDS LESS THE THICKNESS OF THE BACK MEMBER, SAID TOP AND BOTTOM MEMBERS HAVING FACINGS ALONG THE FRONT EDGE THEREOF; MEANS TO INTERCONNECT THE PARTS; AND DOOR MEANS FOR THE FRONT; WHEREBY SAID BACK MAY BE AFFIXED TO SAID WALL, BY FIRST AFFIXING THE BOTTOM RAIL TO THE WALL, 